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From the outlying mountains to the barren deserts; from the boundless oceans to the depths of the rainforests, wilderness is a necessity to the inhabited world. It is not that one needs wilderness for the purpose of survival, but rather for exploration, enjoyment ....

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.... would consider essential to life. Colin Fletcher was one to claim that wilderness is needed: “And when at last I walked on past the two juniper trees toward the far side of the plateau I found I was feeling sorry for any man who was not free to abandon whatever futility detained him and to walk away into the desert morning with a pack on his back.” Such experiences allow for one to gain a sense of who they are, not as a superior being, but as one living creature in an expansive world. This is a sense of appreciation for what there is to discover in the wilderness. These discoveries are endless; both scientific and philosophical. Fletch ....